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HONG KONG: Protests erupted in Hong Kong on Sunday (May 10) when dozens gathered in shopping malls to express anger at the government and police, which protesters say are abusing social distancing laws to restrict freedoms. civilians.
A strong police presence thwarted a Hong Kong independence march called by the online protest community. However, dozens of people in masks attended protests in shopping malls in at least six districts.
Police warned protesters that they were violating the social distancing order that prohibited more than eight people from meeting in a public place.
In the exclusive Tsim Sha Tsui district, near the starting point of the proposed march, at least two protesters were arrested.
Some protesters held up black banners calling for Hong Kong’s independence, and the groups sang the popular protest hymn “Glory to Hong Kong.”
A middle-aged man was holding a sign embarrassing police over an incident last week in which two officers were found to have stolen 25 kilograms of illegal drugs from a recent raid.
Riot police detained and searched dozens of youths near the Tsim Sha Tsui ferry and in shopping malls where protesters gathered. The police pushed the journalists when they were taken out of a protest in a shopping center.
The online protest community has accused the government of keeping social distancing laws in place to avoid protests as the city has not recorded new locally transmitted Covid-19 cases in the past three weeks.
The protests first erupted last June over a proposed bill, seen largely as a threat to Hong Kong’s autonomy from China. – dpa
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